Unfair | Cindy Berman

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"Come on! Go, go, go!" I yell motioning Cindy and Alice to quickly go through the tunnel, with me staying behind them. We both enter the room and quickly start pushing the shelf that has another path behind it, Cindy and Alice enter the other tunnel and I see Tommy getting up. I start going faster but I feel Tommy grabbing my ankle, trying to push me back but Alice and Cindy grab my arms pushing me into the opposite direction, I hit him hard with my leg causing him to hit the tunnel, which led to the tunnel collapsing on top of him and luckily I got out before it got me. I lie down on the floor, trying to catch my breath. This is not fucking happenning, It's all a dream right?

Wake up.

Cassie wake up.

Cindy starts crying but stops when we hear a heavy breathing. How the fuck is he still alive?

"Do you hear that?" Alice asks.

"He's still alive?" Cindy asks confused.

"He can't...He can't get us." I say getting up. "He can't get us." I repeat in relief. Cindy gets up and starts walking around the place, looking for some way out.

"It's some kind of cavern. I don't know...It seems to just go on forever." She says.

"I don't care." Alice responds.

"Alice, can you please just help me?" Cindy pleads while trying to move some of the rocks.

"What, you just gonna pretend everything is okay?" Alice asks, she was clearly affected.

"Alice..I just.." Cindy says.

"Tommy split Arnie's head in half. Do you realize that?" Alice says.

"Please, can you just help me?" Cindy pleads.

"With what?" Alice yells.

"Cindy, those rocks weigh like a million pounds. We can't move them." I explain.

"I thought you had an A at physics." Alice jokes.

"We have to get out!" Cindy says in desperation.

"I don't think we can." I say.

"We're gonna die down here." Alice says looking at Cindy. "Just like Arnie." Alice gets up and starts walking around, I start looking around to see if I can find some kind of way out or another tunnel.

"No, no! We have to get out!" Cindy exclaims. "Those names on the wall, they didn't stop with one murder. Seven, nine, ten, fifteen people. Those were serial killers. The campers.." she says. "My sister, they're up there." She's right, we need to find a way out so we can save them somehow. "And now, so is he."

"I thought you didn't believe in the witch." Alice replies.

"Yeah, I don't. There must be some kind of explanation." She starts but I chuckle making her look at me.

"Explanation? Really? Cindy, you know very well Tommy wouldn't do that he couldn't even hurt a fucking fly. And those killers on the wall, that's not just some fucking coincidence this...This town is cursed and so are we. End of story!" I say frustrated.

"No, no. Maybe he took a pill.." She starts making excuses and I sigh in frustation.

"Cindy he was possessed!" Alice says. "It wasn't the fucking Tylenol, alright? It was the witch." She continues.

"Tylenol can't fucking do that. Or any other drug." I explain again. "Cindy, you saw those names, the ritual, everything. The witch is real."

"And she's doing some fucking spell shit and possessing people. Okay? Every name on that rock. And Mary knew it, alright? She knew it, and it's all right here." Cindy keeps motioning her head, still in denial with everything.

"She looked for the hand bone, to stop the fucking curse, to save Shadyside. But she couldn't find it, wanna know what she did find? Your boyfriend's name on that wall." I say.

"Stop." Cindy says.

"So she tried to kill him." Alice continues. "Which I also would've done if I knew there was a chance that Tommy fucking Slater would ax my boyfriend in the fucking head!"

"Listen! Shut up!" Cindy yells and pushes Alice, I look at her shocked. Damn.

"There we go. That's the Cindy Berman I knew." She says. Cindy turns around and starts walking to another tunnel.

"Hey, what are you doing?" I ask, following her.

"To find another way out." She answers and I follow her, to make sure nothing happens. "Don't follow me Alice."

"Don't come back here, alright?" Alice yells. Me and Cindy walk around slowly, her breath was heavy and so was mine. She suddenly stops and looks at me, she stayed a couple of seconds silent, unsure about what to say.

"You...You're not giving up on me after this...right?" She asks and I could see she was really nervous, even her lips were trembling.

"Fuck no. I would never do that. What made you think that?" I ask.

"Before we met, I was this...This rebel girl. I spent a lot of time with Alice and was constantly getting myself in trouble, just like Ziggy. And because of what is happening, I just feel like I...I wasted so much time trying to please others, I feel like....If I change into someone I wanna be... you're going to leave me." She says, looking at me, I could feel she was holding back her tears.

"Remember some days ago, when I comforted you by the Hanging Tree?" I ask and she nods. "You said that with me you didn't need to be the perfect version of yourself, so it doesn't matter if you're that imperfect version of yourself because that's the version I....." I fell in love for. "I like." I say and she smiles.

"When I changed cabins after I found out that you were a lesbian I...I said it was because it would thin my chances of being miss perfect, but not in the way you were thinking because believe me I don't care if any of my friends are gay." She stays silent for a moment, having a inner battle. "It was because I knew that....That I could have a chance with you." She continues looking at me, waiting for an answer and I stay in silent. "And...I was afraid of myself, because I knew...I knew that it was a matter of time until I showed how I felt for you and there's not much of a future for a lesbian like me." She looks at me crying. "And....And you probably don't feel the same...."

"When you left me I saw it all." I interrupt her. "A whole lonely life in Shadyside, with nothing but an abusive mother to deal with. I...I don't know if we have a chance of making out alive tonight. So I want you to know this in case the worst happens." I say and I hold her hand. "Don't you ever and I mean, ever, doubt my feelings for you ever again Cindy Berman. I've spent so many hours of my day thinking about you for you to do that." We grab each other's heads, forehead to forehead. "I'm not giving up on you. I'm...I'm going to protect you and I'm not letting you die tonight, that's a promise." I say and she leans in, kissing me. Her hands on my face and my arms around her waist. Cindy Berman was kissing me right now, 9th grade me would pass out on the floor. I could feel the taste of our tears in my mouth, we both wasted so much time and in the worst night of our lives where it's possible we won't make it out alive, we finally do what we always wanted. We break the kiss after a couple of seconds and look at each other, I've never felt her look so...intense.

"Let's get the fuck out of here." She says smiling, making me smile too.